Philemon 1
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Philemon 1:11-25

11who formerlyG4218 was uselessG890 to you, but nowG3570 is usefulG2173 bothG2532 to you and to me. 12I have sentG375 him backG375 to you in personG846, that is, sending my very heartG4698, 13whomG3739 I wishedG1014 to keepG2722 with me, soG2443 that on your behalfG5228 he might ministerG1247 to me in my 12imprisonmentG1199 for the gospelG2098; 14but withoutG5565 your consentG1106 I did not wantG2309 to doG4160 anythingG3762, soG2443 that your goodnessG18 would 3not be, in effectG2596, by compulsionG318 but of your own freeG1595 willG1595. 15For perhapsG5029 4he was for thisG3778 reasonG1223 separatedG5563 from you for a whileG5610, that you would haveG568 him backG568 foreverG166, 165noG3765 longerG3765 as a slaveG1401, but moreG5228 thanG5228 a slaveG1401, 6a belovedG27 brotherG80, especiallyG3122 to me, but howG4214 muchG4214 moreG3123 to you, bothG2532 7in the fleshG4561 and in the LordG2962.

17IfG1487 thenG3767 you regardG2192 me a 8partnerG2844, acceptG4355 him as you would me. 18But ifG1487 he has wrongedG91 you in anyG5100 wayG5100 orG2228 owesG3784 you anythingG5100, chargeG1677 that to my accountG1677; 199I, PaulG3972, am writingG1125 this with my ownG1699 handG5495, I will repayG661 it (10not to 11mentionG3004 to you that you oweG4359 to me evenG2532 your ownG4572 selfG4572 as wellG4359). 20YesG3483, brotherG80, let me benefitG3685 from you in the LordG2962; 12refreshG373 my heartG4698 in ChristG5547.

2113HavingG3982 confidenceG3982 in your obedienceG5218, I writeG1125 to you, since I knowG3609 that you will doG4160 evenG2532 moreG5228 thanG5228 whatG3739 I sayG3004.

22At the sameG260 timeG260 alsoG2532 prepareG2090 me a 14lodgingG3578, for 15I hopeG1679 that throughG1223 16your prayersG4335 17I will be givenG5483 to you.

2318EpaphrasG1889, my 19fellowG4869 prisonerG4869 in ChristG5547 JesusG2424, greetsG782 you, 24as do 20MarkG3138, 21AristarchusG708, 22DemasG1214, 23LukeG3065, my 24fellowG4904 workersG4904.

2525The graceG5485 of the LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547 be 26with your spiritG4151.27

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Notes

  1. 1. Philemon 1:13 Lit bonds ↩
  2. 2. Philemon 1:13 Phil 1:7; Philem 10 ↩
  3. 3. Philemon 1:14 2 Cor 9:7; 1 Pet 5:2 ↩
  4. 4. Philemon 1:15 Gen 45:5, 8 ↩
  5. 5. Philemon 1:16 1 Cor 7:22 ↩
  6. 6. Philemon 1:16 Matt 23:8; 1 Tim 6:2 ↩
  7. 7. Philemon 1:16 Eph 6:5; Col 3:22 ↩
  8. 8. Philemon 1:17 2 Cor 8:23 ↩
  9. 9. Philemon 1:19 1 Cor 16:21; 2 Cor 10:1; Gal 5:2 ↩
  10. 10. Philemon 1:19 2 Cor 9:4 ↩
  11. 11. Philemon 1:19 Lit say ↩
  12. 12. Philemon 1:20 Philem 7 ↩
  13. 13. Philemon 1:21 2 Cor 2:3 ↩
  14. 14. Philemon 1:22 Acts 28:23 ↩
  15. 15. Philemon 1:22 Phil 1:25; 2:24 ↩
  16. 16. Philemon 1:22 2 Cor 1:11 ↩
  17. 17. Philemon 1:22 Acts 27:24; Heb 13:19 ↩
  18. 18. Philemon 1:23 Col 1:7; 4:12 ↩
  19. 19. Philemon 1:23 Rom 16:7; Philem 1 ↩
  20. 20. Philemon 1:24 Acts 12:12, 25; 15:37-39; Col 4:10 ↩
  21. 21. Philemon 1:24 Acts 19:29; 27:2; Col 4:10 ↩
  22. 22. Philemon 1:24 Col 4:14; 2 Tim 4:10f ↩
  23. 23. Philemon 1:24 Col 4:14; 2 Tim 4:10f ↩
  24. 24. Philemon 1:24 Philem 1 ↩
  25. 25. Philemon 1:25 Gal 6:18 ↩
  26. 26. Philemon 1:25 2 Tim 4:22 ↩
  27. 27. Philemon 1:25 One early ms adds Amen ↩

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